‘I’m So Far Behind!’
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- Some piece of that work involves disappointing other people. So let me say this right now, loud enough for the ones in the back: When you commit to honesty and commit to slowing down and savoring the luxury of being alive as much as you can, when you commit to drinking in knowledge and embracing beauty and delighting in the unpredictable weirdos around you, you will be misunderstood regularly. You cannot, in fact, be open to the world exactly as it is, let it into your pores, breathe it into your lungs, and also be appropriate and clear and perfect and right on time. When you’re open, you aren’t constantly glancing at your watch and policing yourself and telling little lies to excuse your behavior. You show up and tell the truth. You don’t have to mold yourself into a shape that makes you comprehensible to others. You take the risk of believing in who you are and what you love, and you don’t apologize for those things, even when no one gets it. (View Highlight)
- This morning I walked out into the yard and took photos of the sunrise, and I thought*, I’m so lucky to be here, to walk right out into the day and see so much beauty.* There was a mist hanging over the grass and the color of the sky kept changing from coral to light pink to faded blue, and the morning light kept shifting the palette, creating a strange new painting in every direction. I didn’t have to decide to feel good or think my way into a new state of mind. I surrendered to the morning and my core animal self reminded me that I’m right in the middle of a truly great story. (View Highlight)
‘I’m So Far Behind!’
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- Some piece of that work involves disappointing other people. So let me say this right now, loud enough for the ones in the back: When you commit to honesty and commit to slowing down and savoring the luxury of being alive as much as you can, when you commit to drinking in knowledge and embracing beauty and delighting in the unpredictable weirdos around you, you will be misunderstood regularly. You cannot, in fact, be open to the world exactly as it is, let it into your pores, breathe it into your lungs, and also be appropriate and clear and perfect and right on time. When you’re open, you aren’t constantly glancing at your watch and policing yourself and telling little lies to excuse your behavior. You show up and tell the truth. You don’t have to mold yourself into a shape that makes you comprehensible to others. You take the risk of believing in who you are and what you love, and you don’t apologize for those things, even when no one gets it. (View Highlight)
- This morning I walked out into the yard and took photos of the sunrise, and I thought*, I’m so lucky to be here, to walk right out into the day and see so much beauty.* There was a mist hanging over the grass and the color of the sky kept changing from coral to light pink to faded blue, and the morning light kept shifting the palette, creating a strange new painting in every direction. I didn’t have to decide to feel good or think my way into a new state of mind. I surrendered to the morning and my core animal self reminded me that I’m right in the middle of a truly great story. (View Highlight)